Nimrud

[ nim-rood ]

noun

1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.

Nimrud

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

Example Sentences

Benjamin here alludes to the Birs Nimrud, which is, however, more than four miles from Hillah.

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This may be looked upon as a model in white marble of an old Chaldæan temple, such as the Birs-i-Nimrud.

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Convex shield of the first period, Nimrud (after Layard) 251.

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The earliest art is that of the most ancient palaces at Nimrud.

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Bronze bit, Nimrud (from the original in the British Museum) 242.

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